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Do we allow DeepL translations?

I'm bringing this question here because The Wikimedia movement claims to be this kind of translation, and can be considered as problematic (language and copyright issues). MathXplore (discusscontribs) 02:19, 11 January 2024 (UTC)Reply

there is no general prohibition. The output may not be a good translation, which is clearly a problem. In terms of copyright, I reviewed the T&Cs on the deepl.com website and there appears to be no copyright issue albeit that I am not a lawyer. The content on the source project is licensed to allow it to be uploaded to deepl.com, and deepl.com makes no claim to copyright. In general a translation is a derivative work so the copyright resides with the original author, not the translator. I recommend importing the foreign language version here first, then translating it, to preserve the attribution history. MarcGarver (discusscontribs) 14:07, 11 January 2024 (UTC)Reply
  • 7.4 All rights regarding the Content, Processed Content and/or Customer Training Data remain with Customer. However, Customer grants DeepL the non-exclusive worldwide right to use the Content and/or Customer Training Data solely in order to provide DeepL’s services to Customer. In particular, Customer grants to DeepL the right to temporarily store, modify, process, translate and transmit the Content and/or Customer Training Data, and to sublicense the foregoing rights to its subcontractors, to the extent required to provide the services set out in this Agreement.
  • 7.5 DeepL does not assume any copyrights to the translations made by Customer using the Products. In the event that the translations made by Customer using the Products are deemed to be protected under copyright laws to the benefit of DeepL, DeepL grants to Customer, upon creation of such translations, all exclusive, transferable, sublicensable, worldwide perpetual rights to use the translations without limitation and for any existing or future types of use, including without limitation the right to modify the translations and to create derivative works.
Thank you very much, my understanding about the usage of machine translations at Wikimedia projects was vague and possibly outdated, so I appreciate the clarification. I know that different projects may have different preferences for machine translation, and that is why I brought this to admin attention. If there are any other related discussions about the usage of machine translation at English Wikibooks, I would also like to learn about them. MathXplore (discusscontribs) 11:37, 15 January 2024 (UTC)(Fixed indent, MathXplore (discusscontribs) 11:37, 15 January 2024 (UTC))Reply
Hello @MarcGarver and @MathXplore, I've taken note of this discussion and will shortly be importing the contents of the book I've authored from its original French version. I'll then invite members of the community to translate the book into English. Thank you for this discussion, which has enabled me to anticipate the best thing to do. A wonderful end to the day! Best regards, Lionel Scheepmans (discusscontribs) 15:18, 30 January 2024 (UTC)Reply
Oh ! @MathXplore. As you are administrator on en.wikibooks, is that possible for you to import all pages of the French version of the book, and by the way keeping all edition history of all subpages that compose the book in Wikibooks?
Here is the page from where you can all subpages in question, but if I do not mistake, it's also possible to import automatically all subpages, choosing an option during the importation of the main page. Do not hesitate to pink me if you have doubt or question. Best regards, Lionel Scheepmans (discusscontribs) 15:29, 30 January 2024 (UTC)Reply
Manually importing pages don't need advanced permissions, so you can do it by yourself with providing attribution. I only import things when I understand the language, French is not included in my language preferences. For the full list of our admins, please see Wikibooks:Administrators#Administrators. MathXplore (discusscontribs) 02:39, 31 January 2024 (UTC)Reply
Thanks for this new opinion @MathXplore. Have a nice day ! Lionel Scheepmans (discusscontribs) 17:11, 31 January 2024 (UTC)Reply

Move protection to Wikibooks:Sandbox

One of our editors has repeated problematic moves on the sandbox page. Problematic redirects that came from this move are now tagged for deletion. Please consider move protection to Wikibooks:Sandbox to prevent this issue from coming back. MathXplore (discusscontribs) 07:24, 30 January 2024 (UTC)Reply

Protected the sandbox and some other key pages this user moved. Thank you for the heads up! —Kittycataclysm (discusscontribs) 13:32, 30 January 2024 (UTC)Reply

Move protection for User:Bahtch

I have found a user page move without global renaming (special:redirect/logid/5185516), so I reverted it with my reviewer rights at here. Please consider move protection to prevent further problematic page moves. MathXplore (discusscontribs) 05:36, 7 February 2024 (UTC)Reply

It be good to get some input by Xandradi, who claims that Bahtch was their old account, before taking any administrative actions. SHB2000 (discusscontribs) 09:39, 7 February 2024 (UTC)Reply
I can confirm both accounts are connected, so I am happy that Bahtch and Xandradi are the same person. MarcGarver (discusscontribs) 10:27, 7 February 2024 (UTC)Reply
Thank you for the checks and reactions. MathXplore (discusscontribs) 11:53, 7 February 2024 (UTC)Reply
Thank you for the feedback. I decided to directly report this to WB:AA because this is not my first time to report such issues about this user. My previous report on a similar case can be seen at special:diff/4366855. MathXplore (discusscontribs) 11:53, 7 February 2024 (UTC)Reply

Talk page of Special:Contributions/173.76.102.69

The talk page of this IP editor is being abused. Please remove talk page access. MathXplore (discusscontribs) 09:33, 7 February 2024 (UTC)Reply

  Done --SHB2000 (discusscontribs) 09:37, 7 February 2024 (UTC)Reply

Alert about possible evasion of previous 1-week block at English Wikibooks (CU needed?)

@MarcGarver, Xania: I'm requesting CU comparison for an account (first account) that recently had an 1-week block (special:redirect/logid/5183613, done by user:Kittycataclysm, since January 27 UTC), and another account (secondary account) that was created during the previous block term (special:redirect/logid/5184188, made in January 30 UTC). The secondary account has less than 100 edits, but many pages that they edited overlap with the first account. The overlaps can be seen on the following pages (please check page history):

Please also note that this page list aligns with the user profiles on both accounts (both refer to the same region). In addition, special:diff/4369584 (secondary account editing first account userpage) suggests a strong connection between these accounts. I believe the behavior-based evidence above will be enough to show the possibility of Wikibooks policy violations. Please let me know if my explanation was not enough. Thank you for your attention. MathXplore (discusscontribs) 13:44, 9 February 2024 (UTC)Reply

I have indef blocked the second account as it is clearly the same person and is being used to evade a block.MarcGarver (discusscontribs) 14:02, 9 February 2024 (UTC)Reply

Suggestion of indefinite semi-protection for Template:Ay prerequisite

This template is semi-protected for a while but it seems to be a highly visible template (90+ transclusions). Should we have indefinite semi-protection here? MathXplore (discusscontribs) 06:40, 16 February 2024 (UTC)Reply

  Done --SHB2000 (discusscontribs) 10:24, 16 February 2024 (UTC)Reply

These IPs are making non-English pages and repeating SD tag removals. Please take of their non-English creations. MathXplore (discusscontribs) 07:03, 27 February 2024 (UTC)Reply

I've rangeblocked the /24. MarcGarver (discusscontribs) 12:01, 27 February 2024 (UTC)Reply

Special:Contributions/119.73.102.36

Making bad pages, please take care of them. MathXplore (discusscontribs) 11:14, 29 February 2024 (UTC)Reply

  DoneKittycataclysm (discusscontribs) 13:01, 29 February 2024 (UTC)Reply

Special:Contributions/NitinLawrence

Self-ad only account. Please take care of their creations. MathXplore (discusscontribs) 04:15, 8 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

  Warned by Xania. --SHB2000 (discusscontribs) 08:51, 8 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

User talk:Nallas Corporation

I found username issues at here (corporate username, implies role account). Should we warn them to rename? MathXplore (discusscontribs) 10:53, 11 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

  Blocked as a spam-only account. --SHB2000 (discusscontribs) 20:52, 11 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
The account in question is now globally locked. --SHB2000 (discusscontribs) 21:07, 11 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

Ballsdecex alt 6655

Vandalism-only account. Codename Noreste (discusscontribs) 22:19, 14 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

Blocked—thank you! —Kittycataclysm (discusscontribs) 00:08, 15 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
The account in question is now globally locked. --SHB2000 (discusscontribs) 11:46, 15 March 2024 (UTC)Reply